THE BROWNIES IN NOVEMBER. And thus perform our part assigned Without awaking thoughts unkind.†*T is little use to tell a wife To guard the pantry as her life; Or tell the maid whose wits are slow She must be watchful, or must go; Because the Brownies have a way To carry on their work or play, And what they want they soon receive Without so much as “by your leave.†But where they visit, there they bless: The household treasures grow no less, And happy is the home whose floor The Brownie band has scampered o’er. All harmful things will ever flee From little ones who bend the knee Beside the bed where Brownies creep, ' Or play their pranks while people sleep. When one is thinking least about The band, they ’re passing in and out, Or scanning with a watchful eye ri NAR Ra ag PaumaRe COX